Use keyboard shortcuts to deliver your presentation like a Pro

Use keyboard shortcuts to deliver your presentation like a Pro!

Did you know you can navigate your slideshow with your keyboard when its in Full Screen mode? You can use your arrow keys to go back and forth (previous animation step/next animation step) or use the number pad to jump to a specific slide (press 8, then ENTER to jump immediately to slide 8). Learn all the tricks to present like a pro.

Slide show shortcuts

To do this

Press

Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide.

N, ENTER, PAGE DOWN, RIGHT ARROW, DOWN ARROW, or SPACEBAR

Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide.

P, PAGE UP, LEFT ARROW, UP ARROW, or BACKSPACE

Go to slide number.

number+ENTER

Display a blank black slide, or return to the presentation from a blank black slide.

B or PERIOD

Display a blank white slide, or return to the presentation from a blank white slide.

W or COMMA

Stop or restart an automatic presentation.

S

End a presentation.

ESC

Erase on-screen annotations.

E

Go to the next slide, if the next slide is hidden.

H

Set new timings while rehearsing.

T

Re-record slide narration and timing

R

Return to the first slide.

Press and hold Left Mouse button for several seconds

Change the pointer to a pen.

CTRL+P

Change the pointer to an arrow.

CTRL+A

Change the pointer to an eraser

CTRL+E

Show or hide ink markup

CTRL+M

Hide the pointer and navigation button immediately.

CTRL+H

Hide the pointer and navigation button in 15 seconds.

CTRL+U

View the All Slides dialog box

CTRL+S

View the computer task bar

CTRL+T

Display the shortcut menu.

SHIFT+F10

Go to the first or next hyperlink on a slide.

TAB

Go to the last or previous hyperlink on a slide.

SHIFT+TAB

Perform the "mouse click" behavior of the selected hyperlink.

ENTER while a hyperlink is selected

Media shortcuts during a presentation

NOTE These shortcuts work only for video imported from a file on your computer. They don’t work if you’re inserting online videos.

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